Pakistan closes shops as COVID cases surge

Updated June 5 2020 - 7:01pm, first published 6:54pm
With its biggest one-day jump in coronavirus cases, Pakistan has shut down 3000 shops and markets.
With its biggest one-day jump in coronavirus cases, Pakistan has shut down 3000 shops and markets.

Pakistani authorities backed by security forces have shut down more than 3000 shops and markets across the country in a series of raids for violating social distancing regulations, with COVID-19 cases surpassing those in neighbouring China.